urn:uuid:ed408e83-3096-4347-8fe0-880edc7e9ff12014-03-06T03:47:18ZBlog - Grow Your Small Businessurn:uuid:0b82f29f-4a5f-441d-923d-7a189b00efd02014-03-06T03:47:18Z2014-03-06T03:47:18ZWe're Back, after a Brief Interruption...KrisWhen events are not your core business, managing a national tour can eat up quite a few resources. But part of what's special about our events are that they are not run by professional event organizers who earn their profit through hosting events for a living.

Our events are purely driven by the motivation to educate and to help transform and grow the way business owners see their business. So, we've streamlined and gathered up enough support to get onto another wave of our tour.

We expect to get back into the market in March/April. If you have a city to request, please contact us, we're evaluating our venues right now.

Thanks for your past support and we're looking forward to working with you again.

]]>urn:uuid:5104d752-774a-4bf3-8c06-f212fa1eff7e2012-06-28T05:03:41Z2012-06-28T05:03:41ZThanks for a marvelous Wave 1 of our Tour!KrisToday we wrapped up the first wave of our tour with a great show in Long Beach and many, many requests for more cities. We are currently assigning dates/cities to be posted soon and will let you know when we'll be in a city near you!
]]>urn:uuid:6cf1ccf3-adbb-4ba0-b27c-35868e0de8a02012-06-27T13:39:34Z2012-06-27T13:39:34ZOver 200 Expected in Long Beach TodayKrisLA is turning out to be a big show! Lots of great speakers including Ali Brown will be anticipated by many. Looking forward to a great show! Don't forget to get your exec headshots taken this morning!
]]>urn:uuid:ca397ad9-c006-454b-a07e-40b39dae3ef82012-06-22T17:13:13Z2012-06-22T17:13:13ZWe're sparking interest in the media. Check out the news!KrisA lot of great coverage on the road! Check out some of our media interviews!

]]>urn:uuid:2f24e0a4-7844-47e8-9468-2e67155eb6672012-05-24T19:54:31Z2012-05-24T19:54:31Z3 Reasons Why Small Business is a Big TrendTony LaelThe SBA (Small Business Administration) is hosting the National Small Business Week event in Washington DC this week. This has become an annual event to pay attention to because depending on which source you read, small businesses (less than 100 employees) employ upwards of 70% of the earth’s population.

Listen to the news, media or Wall Street and hardly anyone is talking about this revenue generating bio mass. That is changing.

It’s easier than ever to start and fail at running a small businessGlobal companies like ADP and Microsoft and organizations like NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business) have existed for years to provide small business owners almost everything they need to operate a small business. However, roughly 50% of small businesses fail every year. Why? We don’t really know. It could be the product, it could be the people operating them, it could be because they don’t have a fundamental understanding of finances. One thing is for sure – helping reduce this number by 10% on a global scale would improve the world’s economy.

There is low visibility on the total economic impact small businesses have on the global economyUntil now we’ve only been able to access financial performance figures through companies like Dunn & Bradstreet or smaller organizations like Fintel - the problem? This information is based on surveys reported to the US government which are inherently flawed in reality and become out-of-date very quickly in this age of instant information. Start-up companies like Corelytics and Inrix are starting to providing global intelligence about performance that impact financial performance of small businesses – and therefore the larger economy. The more we know about actual trends of real activity and trends, the more we’ll be able to solve global issues within the small business sector.

Transparency is the new blackThe impact of technologies from Google and Facebook on a younger generation who now expect total transparency from its leaders is having a ripple effect on the mystique of governments and large corporations. How does this relate to small businesses? As information becomes more accessible, people are seeing that there are more opportunities in a global marketplace to offer a niche product or service. I call it the ‘If they can do that, I certainly can!’ movement. As more people start their own businesses, the greater the need will be for technologies to make global knowledge available and transparent to business owners.

National Small Business Week and The Small Business Tour are just a few of many events engaging small business owners to remind them of their importance to the economy and giving them access to resources – join us in saluting small business owners of the world!

]]>urn:uuid:aedd55ad-f2ab-4ea8-8c0a-d2a02b190cb22012-05-02T18:57:12Z2012-05-02T18:57:12ZPress Release: Coming to Houston!KrisNews is spreading about our Houston show. Get the press release here.
]]>urn:uuid:8d0057b6-0822-4d49-b3bb-09726eb987802012-04-13T05:26:27Z2012-04-13T05:26:27ZSeattle won our hearts, now onto Houston! KrisThe panelists in Seattle today were brilliant. Thanks for the interesting discussion and all the great involvement from those who came, tweeted, clapped, smiled for the camera, networked, gave interviews, won prizes and those who joined in our streaming show. Varvid is working on the on-demand videos and we will post them soon! In the meantime, if you had your photos taken, be sure to download them from: http://on.fb.me/varvidPix. We hope you'll continue to connect in our online community.

See you in Houston May 31st! We're looking for local sponsors and panelists if you have any recommendations for company that adds value to small businesses in new ways.

]]>urn:uuid:fe000169-5817-4ce7-9d36-a0c4ca1d85f72012-04-04T20:55:57Z2012-04-04T20:55:57ZWe're on the Radio, Saturday 1300AM 1-2pm!KrisTune your radio to 1300AM this Saturday's from 1-2pm PST or KKOL.com live stream on the Internet. Robbin Block hosts the Minding Your Business radio program in the Seattle area where she'll talk with The Tour’s featured business owners Mark Sandeno of Rocketship and Tony Lael of Corelytics who will be talking with Robbin about what it means to be a small business owner today and how they handle some of the challenges around growing their companies.

Tune in and listen for an energetic conversation from two dynamic business owners and learn why they chose The Small Business Tour to showcase their companies. You can list to past shows of Minding Your Business too!

]]>urn:uuid:3228f039-eec3-4d71-aa66-245649f35ed62012-04-03T19:21:26Z2012-04-03T19:21:26ZOne iPad drawing in each city! (thanks Cisco)KrisBook Appointments starting today! Win an iPad when you book appointments in the Small Business Community. For each Meeting scheduled, your name will be entered to win a drawing at the end of the Main Street session! Start your profile and hook it up today to your existing social media profiles. It's easy, fast and will help you make better connections at the show.
]]>urn:uuid:d6a84b63-1550-4973-ba94-01288fd2072e2012-03-27T06:05:23Z2012-03-27T06:05:23ZWatch for our TV ads KrisYou may see our ads on TV this week. We'll be starting our commercial flight on Tuesday March 27 on CNN, ESPN, Discovery, FOX NC, Comedy Central & History Channel in the Seattle area.
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